title: Effectiveness of self-esteem and social skills group therapy in adolescent eating disorder patients attending a day hospital treatment programme.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate self-esteem and social skills in adolescent eating disorder patients before and after specific group therapy as part of a Day Hospital Programme.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and sixty adolescent eating disorder patients, classified as anorexia nervosa and related disorders (AN-rd) (N = 116) or bulimia nervosa and related disorders (BN-rd) (N = 44) received structured group therapy for developing self-esteem and social skills.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BN-rd patients had poorer perceptions of some self-esteem and social skills variables. After group therapy, both groups presented significant improvements in their perceptions of physical appearance, their self-concept related to weight and shape and to others, happiness and satisfaction, social withdrawal and leadership. BN-rd patients presented more changes on many of the variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Specific self-esteem and social skills group therapy in patients with eating disorders can be useful in improving certain core features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain. llazaro@clinic.ub.es.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lázaro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Font
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrés-Perpiñá
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canalda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro-Fornieles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000628:therapy; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000628:therapy; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: adolescents; day hospital; eating disorders; self-esteem; social skills